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BAFTAs: line between comedy & drama more blurred
Hard to categorise, but I'd say Killing Eve, by Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, was a comedy-drama. If you believed it was meant to be a straight thriller, I can see how you might be nonplussed.
Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 10th May 2019Obituary: Freddie Starr
Freddie Starr, who has died in Spain aged 76, was the comedian immortalised by a newspaper headline of March 13 1986: "Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster".
The Telegraph, 10th May 2019Danny Baker says he has been 'fired' by BBC
Broadcaster Danny Baker says he has been "fired" over his "stupid unthinking gag" on Twitter about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's new baby. The now deleted tweet, which has been circulated on social media, showed an image of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption: "Royal Baby leaves hospital".
BBC, 9th May 2019Freddie Starr found dead at 76
Comedy star and musician Freddie Starr has been found dead at his Spanish home. He was 76.
British Comedy Guide, 9th May 2019Peter Kay pictured for the first time in a year
Peter Kay has been pictured for the first time in a year as he enjoyed a rare public outing to Blackpool.
Jill Robinson, The Sun, 23rd April 2019Richard Curtis inspired by Ed Sheeran
Richard Curtis sees a lot of similarities in his movie Yesterday as in the life of Ed Sheeran.
Female First, 20th April 2019Jennifer Saunders once considered 'killing off' Ab Fab
Joanna Lumley revealed during the BFI and Radio Times TV Festival that her co-star suggested a drastic way to end the show - but she joked that the characters "can never die".
Radio Times, 14th April 2019Hundreds take part in 'silly walk' parade in Hungary
Hundreds of people took part in a Monty Python-inspired "silly walk" parade in the Hungarian capital Budapest to mark April Fools' Day.
BBC, 2nd April 2019Jo Burke disappeared for 3 years, found love & a show
The last time performer/writer Jo Burke appeared in this blog was in September 2015. There is a reason for that gap of over three years.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 30th March 2019How Fleabag altered the way women in comedy talk
In our weekly arts column, Fiona Sturges looks at how Phoebe Waller-Bridge has opened up a whole new dimension in storytelling and why, although critics are right to discuss the show's issues of class, sometimes there's just no arguing with genius.
Fiona Sturges, The Independent, 28th March 2019